si-mexico Chapter 170: First Hearing of the Black Mountain Ghost King
Chapter 170: First Hearing of the Black Mountain Ghost King
When Shi Jian heard what Jiang Li said, he didn't argue anymore and took Shi Shaojian to the side. It's not that he had any opinion about Jiang Li, but he was really unhappy with Jiang Li's strange luck.
After the battle was over, everyone came out with a sense of unfulfilled desire.
In order to prevent Shi Shaojian from having any further contact with the daughter of the western restaurant owner surnamed Qian, Jiang Li said to Uncle Jiu, "Master, the uncles and uncles have helped us so much, why don't we invite them to Qingyun Temple and have a seat, so that we can also fulfill our hospitality and thank them properly."
"It just so happens that you haven't seen each other for so many years. You can also take this opportunity to catch up with each other, so as to avoid the relationship between fellow disciples becoming estranged. What do you think?"
Uncle Jiu nodded immediately after hearing this, "That would be the best, but I have to deal with your two junior brothers' problems first. Every moment of delay will reduce their fortunes."
Afterwards, Uncle Jiu cast a spell to contact the four ghost officials. After some bargaining, the four ghost officials reluctantly agreed. Finally, after counting all the ghosts, they found that there were still more than twenty missing.
Jiang Li also took the opportunity to take out the evil spirit named Xiao Li, "Master, you see, this is the culprit of this incident. It was it that used magic to confuse the two junior brothers, allowing so many wandering souls to escape."
Uncle Jiu immediately perked up when he heard this, "Is this true? If this is true, there is still room for reversal."
Having said that, he released Xiao Li, and then questioned her in front of the ghost. But Xiao Li refused to admit it. After all, if she admitted it now, she would surely end up in the eighteenth level of hell.
Uncle Jiu and several ghost officials immediately became suspicious when they saw this, and thought that Jiang Li deliberately found a scapegoat to reduce his guilt.
Jiang Li naturally knew what had happened, but he had no evidence, so he could only hand it over to the ghost messenger and ask them to take it back for the judge to make a decision.
When the female ghost named Xiaoli heard what Jiang Li said, she immediately threatened everyone, "Why are you arresting me without any evidence? My adoptive father is the Black Mountain Ghost King. If he knew that you dared to wrongly accuse me, he would make sure you would pay the price!"
When the four ghost officials heard the name Black Mountain Ghost King, they immediately trembled. It was obvious that they had heard of this name before.
Uncle Jiu and Jiang Li were both worried when they saw this. Looking at the reactions of the ghost officials, they felt that this matter might not end well.
At this time, Shi Jian stood up and said, "Listen to me, ghost officials. I just saw this female ghost bewitching my two nephews."
"They wanted to use them to destroy the Xiantian Bagua Formation, so as to help the ghosts escape. Fortunately, my nephew Jiang Li found and caught them in time, so they didn't succeed. Please investigate carefully!"
Several ghost officials looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this. The female ghost Xiaoli even shouted, "Who are you, you stinky Taoist priest? This is just your one-sided statement."
Then he put pressure on several ghost officials, "Ghost officials, you must not be deceived by him, otherwise you will lose face for the Black Mountain Ghost King, and it will not be easy to let it go."
Seeing that the ghost officials seemed to be wavering, Shi Jian snorted coldly, "Humph, I am Shi Jian, the 35th generation disciple of Maoshan, and the next successor to the Maoshan Sect Leader. I beg the ghost officials to give me some face and investigate in detail!"
Upon hearing this, the ghost officials did not hesitate at all. They waved their mourning sticks and subdued Xiao Li directly. They were indeed afraid of the Black Mountain Ghost King, but Maoshan was even more of a behemoth.
Now that the successor to the leader of Maoshan has spoken, they have no scruples at all. If anything really happens, the Black Mountain Ghost King will go to Maoshan himself. It has nothing to do with them.
Uncle Jiu looked at Shi Jian with complicated eyes, then bowed to him respectfully, and Shi Jian accepted it calmly.
Finally, Uncle Jiu bargained with the ghost officials for a long time, and finally solved the problem after promising a large amount of ghost money.
Seeing that the matter was resolved satisfactorily, Jiang Li invited all his uncles and aunts back to the military camp, asked them to have a rest, and return to Qingyun Temple early tomorrow morning.
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After a uneventful night, Jiang Li walked out of the tent refreshed. It was obvious that he had rested well last night.
Because last night was very peaceful, there were no monsters or ghosts to disturb everyone's rest, so the busy people had a good sleep.
He ordered the soldiers to prepare the meal. For fear of any complications, Jiang Li did not send anyone to Qingfeng Town. After eating, everyone rushed to Qingyun Temple.
As for the coffin fungus, there is no need to rush. There will be plenty of opportunities to use it for your own benefit in the future. The most important thing now is to get through Shi Jian first.
On the return journey, Jiang Li deliberately adjusted the speed of travel, tried to avoid villages and towns, and camped in the wild for the night. He said it was to avoid disturbing others, but in fact it was to prevent Shi Shaojian from having the opportunity to do bad things.
After a day's journey and a night's rest, the team finally arrived at the foot of Lingxiu Mountain on the next morning.
Jiang Li also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Shi Jian had no conflicts with Uncle Jiu now, and Shi Shaojian had no contact with women. He had no chance to do bad things at all. He thought that he had gotten through this disaster smoothly!
Just when Jiang Li was calling everyone to go up the mountain, many men and women came down the mountain one after another. Judging from their attire, they were obviously pilgrims who came to burn incense. Some of the women were quite beautiful.
Jiang Li was speechless. There was clearly no Taoist priest in Qingyun Temple these days. There were only a few soldiers he arranged to help feed the spiritual beasts. He didn't understand why there were so many pilgrims on the mountain.
Shi Shaojian is a pervert. Even with so many people present, there was something wrong with the way he looked at those young female pilgrims.
If they were really in a place where there was no one around, who knows what he would do, but Jiang Li could see his lustful eyes clearly.
But he had no choice. He couldn't just beat him up for no reason!
Not only would it make Shi Jian unhappy, but it would also alert the enemy and make it more difficult to catch Shi Shaojian.
Uncle Jiu invited everyone to go up the mountain, while Jiang Li asked Ah Si to take his men to camp at the foot of the mountain and wait for his orders. After all, Shi Jian was still on the mountain, and if they really had to fight him next time, these soldiers would be able to help with a single order.
After arranging the military affairs, Jiang Li went up the mountain with doubts. He wanted to see which expert was behind this and disrupted his plan so much that a Taoist temple without any Taoist priests could attract so many pilgrims.
As a result, he was dumbfounded when he went up the mountain. There were no masters in the Qingyun Temple. It was the fox spirit and Wang Cangrui, who brought Wukong and those spirit beasts to maintain order and organize pilgrims to burn incense.
The black dog and the yellow ox were busy running around, while Wukong was constantly handing out incense sticks and Taoist scriptures to the pilgrims. Wang Cangrui naturally went back to his old job, using his telepathic power to answer the pilgrims' questions and relieve their worries.